Recent advances in triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion and singlet fission, towards solar energy applications

AJ Carrod, V Gray, K Börjesson - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is an ample renewable energy resource, with photovoltaic (PV) technology
enabling a direct route from light to electricity. Currently, PVs are limited in photon …

Application of triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion in organic optoelectronic devices: advances and perspectives

C Gao, WWH Wong, Z Qin, SC Lo… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductor materials have been widely used in various optoelectronic devices
due to their rich optical and/or electrical properties, which are highly related to their excited …

Towards efficient solid-state triplet–triplet annihilation based photon upconversion: Supramolecular, macromolecular and self-assembled systems

V Gray, K Moth-Poulsen, B Albinsson… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photon upconversion through sensitized Triplet–Triplet Annihilation (TTA-UC) has regained
a lot of interest during the last decade mainly due to its potential for significantly increased …

Molecular photon upconversion solar cells using multilayer assemblies: progress and prospects

T Dilbeck, K Hanson - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Molecular photon upconversion via triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA-UC) is an intriguing
strategy to increase solar cell efficiencies and surpass the Shockley–Quiesser (SQ) limit. In …

Energy transfer networks within upconverting nanoparticles are complex systems with collective, robust, and history-dependent dynamics

A Teitelboim, B Tian, DJ Garfield… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Applications of photon upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) in biological imaging and solar
energy conversion demand that their anti-Stokes luminescence be both tunable and …

Nanodroplet‐containing polymers for efficient low‐power light upconversion

R Vadrucci, A Monguzzi, F Saenz, BD Wilts… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sensitized triplet–triplet‐annihilation‐based photon upconversion (TTA‐UC) permits the
conversion of light into radiation of higher energy and involves a sequence of photophysical …

Harnessing molecular photon upconversion at sub-solar irradiance using dual sensitized self-assembled trilayers

T Dilbeck, SP Hill, K Hanson - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Photon upconversion via triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA-UC) is an intriguing strategy to
potentially increase maximum solar cell efficiencies from 33% to greater than 43%. TTA-UC …

Intramolecular versus intermolecular triplet fusion in multichromophoric photochemical upconversion

C Gao, SKK Prasad, B Zhang, M Dvořák… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photon upconversion is a process that creates high-energy photons under low photon
energy excitation. The effect of molecular geometry on the triplet fusion upconversion …

Photon upconversion and molecular solar energy storage by maximizing the potential of molecular self-assembly

N Kimizuka, N Yanai, M Morikawa - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of functional molecules into ordered molecular assemblies and the
fulfillment of potentials unique to their nanotomesoscopic structures have been one of the …

Challenges and prospects of photocatalytic applications utilizing semiconductor nanocrystals

P Moroz, A Boddy, M Zamkov - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Photocatalytic systems based on colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals have gained
considerable attention owing to potential benefits that include a visible-range light extinction …